Monday, 8 February 2016

Manitoba Deaf Coalition- February 16th, 2016!!

This is my idea about the Manitoba Deaf
Coalition and I did presented twice about the new Deaf organization, one during
the International Week of the Deaf in 2014 and one in October 2015
meeting.

All Deaf organizations are urgently
welcomed to the meeting.

The purpose of setting up the new
organization that it will oversee all the other organization and their needs.
One of my reason is for that is that federal government is probably will accept
the charitable numbers for all organizations with one goal to collect all
members on the list to show them. Once
we had set up Manitoba Deaf Coalition, if successful, our goal is to get the
charitable numbers and can help your organization with the grant. It is a big positive if successful.

My purpose is not what everybody thinks I
meant to close or remove the existing organizations. They will not be disbanded or dissolved but
to keep their interests in different organizations. They will keep their Board.

So I
have set the meeting for you on Tuesday, February 16th at The Fiola
Room at 7 pm.

Should you need any information, don’t
hesitate to call Kenneth Anderson

Please make an effort to come yourself and
hear the comments about the new Manitoba Deaf Coalition on Tuesday, February 16th,
2016.

Your
attendance is appreciated.

To Members and Non-Members of Manitoba Deaf Association (MDA), friends
across Manitoba and all Deaf organizations.

I had introduced the idea of setting up one big organization
where smaller groups can use as their support last May 2015. He suggested
the name of the organization to be called either “Coalition of Deaf Manitoba
Organization” or “Organization of Deaf Manitobans”. About 15 members at
the workshop voted to re-name the organization as “Manitoba Deaf Coalition”.
There were lots of good feedback and suggestions over the name of the
organization.

The five areas discussed were:

1. To see that the new major organization is created with a goal
to have one strong group of Deaf members and to show the government that there
is a strong group. By having all Manitoba Deaf members from all organizations
registered under the new group called “Manitoba Deaf Coalition” would prove to
the provincial government that there are hundreds of Deaf members living in
Manitoba.

2. To see the goal of getting a Charitable Number for
“Manitoba Deaf Coalition” from the government. The new organization in
turn can help other smaller Deaf organizations apply for assistance.

3. To see all existing Deaf organizations remain the same
with their same Board of Directors. There will be no change in the
running of their organizations.

4. To provide better communication between existing Deaf
organizations, “Manitoba Deaf Coalition” will only handle the scheduling such
as meetings or social events for all organizations.

5. To explain to Deaf Members about fee memberships.
Members are entitled to attend any meeting if they provide their names are on
the “Manitoba Deaf Coalition” list. Members
will not be asked to pay a fee to Manitoba Deaf Coalition. Members can attend their organization for the
meeting.

Please come to the meeting on Tuesday, February 16th at the Fiola
Room at 7 pm.